Chapter 1
From Home Is Where I Want To Be
- Neyu stows away
- Neyu caught
- Vikrannu decides what to do - drop her off with technicians on Gantu
- Techies talk with Neyu; a couple are happy to take her along, she gets bad vibes
- Neyu asks techs about her brother, but they don’t seem to know
- Gantu unavailable for landing
- Vikrannu sets course for nearest planetary system
- Neyu talks to Vikrannu about what lies ahead
- Neyu doesn’t want to “mooch” but can’t pay for passage and can’t offer any useful ship skills
- Neyu wants to find her brother and/or her sister
- Vikrannu wants to get Neyu off her ship (not keen on being surrogate parent or babysitter)
- Vikrannu hears a couple of the techs are willing to take her along
- Neyu explains privately that she doesn’t trust them
- Vikrannu relents
- On arriving at Tansgit (Aangra), the nearest system, Vikrannu lies and tells techies who promised to take Neyu that they tracked down her sister and will be going to her next; techs relent (this implies cultural importance of family for Vaasith); Vikrannu intends to seek cargo or passengers; techs depart for surface